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Positioning an Elastic Arm by Using Fuzzy Methods

  • Feeny, Brian
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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    • 1993.06a
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    • pp.1203-1206
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    • 1993
  • Fuzzy techniques are applied to the positioning of an elastic beam. The advantage is that the system model is not needed. A simple fuzzy friction compensator is also used. The final position is achieved within 3/2 the period of the fundamental mode. A fuzzy set of rules is applied for large-angle positioning, with adaptations that reduce the effects of shock. In this case, the final position is achieved within two fundamental periods. There is typically some final error attributed to the dry friction.

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Analysis of Asymmetric Long-run Equilibrium between Bunker Price and BDI(Baltic Dry-bulk Index) (벙커가격과 건화물선 지수(Baltic Dry-bulk Index) 간의 비대칭 장기균형 분석)

  • Kim, Hyunsok;Chang, Myunghee
    • Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.63-79
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    • 2013
  • The fundamental endeavor of this study is to investigate the asymmetric relationship between bunker price and Baltic Dry-bulk Index (hereafter BDI). Previous investigations employ linear form based analysis between oil price and BDI but we develop nonlinear and asymmetric cointegration method, which is properly able to capture the decreasing and increasing periods differently. The empirical results show there is no relationships in linear model (e.g. Engle and Granger's methods). On the contrary, our estimate reveals there is significant long-run relationship with asymmetric framework, which implies the necessity of nonlinear and asymmetric consideration to the bunker price analysis.

Effects of Dietary Cellulose on the Basal Endogenous Loss of Phosphorus in Growing Pigs

  • Son, A.R.;Kim, B.G.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.369-373
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    • 2015
  • An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of cellulose concentration in diets containing no phosphorus (P) on the basal endogenous loss (BEL) of P in growing pigs. Twelve barrows (an initial mean body weight = $49.6{\pm}3.2kg$) were individually housed in metabolism crates. Pigs were allotted to 4 experimental diets according to a cross-over design with 12 animals and 2 periods. Four P-free diets were mainly based on corn starch, sucrose, and gelatin, and were formulated to contain 0%, 4%, 8%, or 12% cellulose. Each period consisted of a 5-d adaptation and a 5-d collection period. The marker-to-marker method was used for fecal collection. The feed intake (p<0.05, linear and quadratic) and dry feces output (p<0.01, linear and quadratic) were increased with increasing dietary cellulose concentration. However, P concentration in the feces was decreased (p<0.01, linear and quadratic) with increasing dietary cellulose concentration. There was no significant difference in total P output and the BEL of P as mg per kg DMI (ranging from 157 to 214 mg/kg of dry matter intake) among experimental diets. However, values for the apparent total tract digestibility of energy, dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, and calcium were linearly decreased (p<0.01) with increasing cellulose concentration in the diet. In conclusion, dietary cellulose affected the amount of feces and digestibility of energy and nutrients, but did not affect the endogenous loss of P.

Effects of Differentiated N Rates on Botanical Composition and Dry Matter Production of herbage in White Clover ( Trifolium repens )/ Grasses Sward under Grazing Ultilization (방목이용 혼파초지에서 질소비료시용이 식생구성과 건물생산에 미치는 영향)

  • ;A. Dyckmans;E. Zimmer
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.36-41
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    • 1990
  • The more N fertilizer, the more grass proportion (58 8, 240 kg N/ha) and the less white clover (Trifolium repens) (6 %, 240 kg N) under grazing utilization. The proportion of white clover was maintained about 27 % at 60 kg N/ha/yr and weed proportion was reached 33 %. Under the condition of differentiated N rates, the proportion of white clover was ranged from 10 to 36 % at 20 kg N/ha/cut which was allocated after every grazing and it probably dependent on differentiated N rates rather than total amounts of N applied annually. 53-74 % of total dry matter yield were concentrated at 1st and 2nd growth under grazing system and there were no great differences in dry matter yield at 3rd, 4th, and 5th growth in comparison with the variations of N rates. There was very significant relationship between the proportions of white clover and the amounts of N uptaken by herbage upto 180 kg N/ha. About 138 kg N/ha were uptaken by herbage without N fertilizer but only with white clover (31 %) as a substitute of N. In the amounts of crude fiber and crude protein by differentiation of N fertilizer, there were no any great variations and liveweightgain during grazing periods was reached 1583 kg liveweightlha.

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Dry storage of spent nuclear fuel and high active waste in Germany-Current situation and technical aspects on inventories integrity for a prolonged storage time

  • Spykman, Gerold
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.313-317
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    • 2018
  • Licenses for the storage of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and vitrified highly active waste in casks under dry conditions are limited to 40 years and have to be renewed for prolonged storage periods. If such a license renewal has to be expected since as in accordance with the new site selection procedure a final repository for spent fuel in Germany will not be available before the year 2050. For transport and possible unloading and loading in new casks for final storage, the integrity and the maintenance of the geometry of the cask's inventory is essential because the SNF rod cladding and the cladding of the vitrified highly active waste are stipulated as a barrier in the storage concept. For SNF, the cladding integrity is ensured currently by limiting the hoop stress and hoop strain as well as the maximum temperature to certain values for a 40-year storage period. For a prolonged storage period, other cladding degradation mechanisms such as inner and outer oxide layer formation, hydrogen pick up, irradiation damages in cladding material crystal structure, helium production from alpha decay, and long-term fission gas release may become leading effects driving degradation mechanisms that have to be discussed.

Efficiency of Mineral Nitrogen Fertilization on Yiled and Botanical Composition of Grassland II. Seasonal distribution of dry matter yield and economical mineral nitrogen application on grassland (무기태 질소시비가 초지의 수량과 식생구성에 미치는 영향 I. 초지수량의 계절적 분포와 경제적 무기태 질소시비한계)

  • ;G. Schechtner
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.158-163
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    • 1990
  • This experiment was to study the effect of pure mineral nitrogen fertilizing on seasonal distribution of dry matter yield and the advisable mineral nitrogen amounts on grassland. The results were as follows: 1. With longer regrowth periods the absolute dry matter yields and the nitrogen-efficiences due to nitrogen fertilizing increased substantially, whereas the quality declined at the relatively lesser cutting frequencies. 2. The first cut at 3-cut regimes, the first and fourth cut at 4-cut regimes, and the second and last cut at 5-and 6-cut regimes showed the highest nitrogen-efficiency, respectively. 3. By the sigmaformed process of production curve the most efficient mineral N-dressing rate per ha and cut was calculated: 42-56kg N on the 3-cut areas, 39-55kg N on the 4-cut areas, 38-47kg N on the 5-cut areas and 35-48kg N/ha/cut on the &cut areas. 4. In dependence on site and kind of calculation the economical borders were reached with the following dressings of mineral N/ha/cut: 90-100kg on the 3-cut areas, 70-100kg on the 4-cut areas and 50- 90kg on the 5-and 6-cut areas.

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Evaluation of Ice Adhesion Strength on the Oxidation of Transmission Line ACSR Cable (송전선로 ACSR 케이블의 산화에 따른 결빙 특성 평가)

  • Cho, Hui Jae;Kim, You Sub;Jung, Yong Chan;Lee, Soo Yeol
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.378-384
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    • 2019
  • Ice accumulation on Aluminum Conductor Steel Reinforced(ACSR) cable during winter is an important matter in terms of safety, economy, and efficient power supply. In this work, the ice adhesion strengths of ACSR cable oxidized during different periods(7 years oxidized and 15 years oxidized) are evaluated. At first, a plate type dry oxidation standard specimen, whose surface characteristics are similar to those of ACSR cable, is prepared. Dry oxidation standard specimens are heat-treated at $500^{\circ}C$ for 20, 60, and 120 minutes in order to obtain different degrees of oxidation. After the dry oxidation, surface properties are analyzed using contact angle analyzer, atomic force microscopy, spectrophotometer, and gloss meter. The ice adhesion strengths are measured using an ice pull-off tester. Correlations between the surface properties and the ice adhesion strength are obtained through a regression analysis indicating a Boltzmann equation. It is revealed that the ice adhesion strength of 15-year oxidized ACSR cable is approximately 8 times higher than that of ACSR-bare.

Design and Structural Safety Evaluation of Canister for Dry Storage System of PWR Spent Nuclear Fuels

  • Taehyung Na;Youngoh Lee;Taehyeon Kim;Donghee Lee
    • Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.559-570
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    • 2023
  • The aim of this study is to ensure the structural integrity of a canister to be used in a dry storage system currently being developed in Korea. Based on burnup and cooling periods, the canister is designed with 24 bundles of spent nuclear fuel stored inside it. It is a cylindrical structure with a height of 4,890 mm, an internal diameter of 1,708 mm, and an inner length of 4,590 mm. The canister lid is fixed with multiple seals and welds to maintain its confinement boundary to prevent the leakage of radioactive waste. The canister is evaluated under different loads that may be generated under normal, off-normal, and accident conditions, and combinations of these loads are compared against the allowable stress thresholds to assess its structural integrity in accordance with NUREG-2215. The evaluation result shows that the stress intensities applied on the canister under normal, off-normal, and accident conditions are below the allowable stress thresholds, thus confirming its structural integrity.

The Effects of Varying Sampling Flow Rates on the Measurements of Total Nitrate and Sulfate in Dry Acid Deposition

  • Park, Jong-Kil;Kim, Jo-Chun
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.18 no.E1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2002
  • One technique for determining dry acid deposition fluxes involves measurement of time - averaged ambient concentrations of dry acid deposition species using filter packs (FP) coupled with estimates of mean deposition velocities for the exposure period. A critical problem associated with filter pack data comparisons between various field sampling networks is the use of diverse sampling flow rates and duration protocols. Field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of varying sampling flow rates, from 1.5 to 10 standard liters per minute, on total nitrate and sulfate measurements of specific dry acid deposition species . Collocated FP samplers were used to determine sampling and analysis data reproducibility and representativeness . Ambient air samples were simultaneously collected using groups of filter packs operated at various flow rates over identical 7 day periods. The species measured were sulfur dioxide, particulate sulfate , nitric acid and particulate nitrate. Statistical results (ANOVA; alpha level 5%) showed that neither the low nor high sampling flow rates caused a significant difference in the measurements of total sulfate and adjusted total nitrate (ATN) . However, it was concluded that for high flow rate sampling measurements, total nitrate (TN) could be affected during extended sampling durations because of potential nitric acid overloading and breakthrough. Although the previous workers (Costello, 1990; Quillian, 1990) used much higher sampling flow rates (~ 17 sLpm) than employed here, it was assumed that for a high loading (> 50$\mu\textrm{g}$ HNO$_3$) of nitric acid on the Nylon filters, a significant fraction (~10%) of nitric acid could pass through the Nylon filters and be collected on the carbonate impregnated filters. It was concluded that even at the highest sampling flow rate employed (10 sLpm) at the Cary Forest site, nitric acid breakthrough was less than 10% of the total HNO$_3$ collected. However, for a heavily polluted urban airshed or with longer sampling times , higher filter loadings could result in substantial nitric acid breakthrough and HNO$_3$concentrations would be underestimated.

Variations of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrient Flux through the Seomjin River Estuary (섬진강 하구를 통한 용존무기영양염 유출량 변동)

  • Park, Mi-Ok;Lee, Jae-Seong;Kim, Seong-Soo;Kim, Seong-Gil;Lee, Suk-Mo;Lee, Yong-Woo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.23 no.6
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    • pp.1049-1060
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    • 2014
  • We investigated the spatiotemporal variations of dissolved inorganic nutrients along a saline gradient to estimate nutrient fluxes in the Seomjin River estuary during dry (March 2005, March 2006, March 2007, and March 2008) and rainy seasons (August 2005, July 2006, July 2007, and July 2008). Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentrations were similar in the endmembers of freshwater for the rainy and dry seasons. In contrast, the concentrations of dissolved inorganic phosphate and silicate in the rainy season were approximately 2-3 times higher than those in the dry season. River discharge was approximately 10 times higher in the rainy season ($212m^3sec^{-1}$) than in the dry season ($21m^3sec^{-1}$). The fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen, phosphate, and silicate were 2.91, 0.004, and 2.51 tons $day^{-1}$ in the dry season and 7.45, 0.421, and 30.5 tons $day^{-1}$ in the rainy season, respectively. Although the range of nutrient concentrations were similar to previous results from investigations in the Seomjin River estuary, the nutrient fluxes were differed according to river discharge for different survey periods.